Team | Outsized

Johann van Niekerk

South Africa

Co-founder CEO

Johann is the Co-founder & CEO of Outsized, responsible also for the day-to-day operations of the South African entity. Johann is a qualified actuary and worked as a product development specialist … at Metropolitan Life. He later headed the Business Development function at reinsurer RGA, later Marketing as well as being the General Manager at RGA Ventures – the corporate venturing arm. Before joining Outsized, Johann was the General Manager of RGAx, RGA’s innovation accelerator.

Niclas Thelander

Global

Founder

Niclas is the Founder & Chief Marketing Officer at Outsized, leading our Talent, Community and Marketing teams. He started his career in banking with leading Nordic bank SEB, then worked as … a strategy consulting manager at KPMG. He later held in-house strategy and corporate development leadership roles in banking and insurance. Before founding Outsized, he was Director of Value Creation at emerging markets private equity fund LeapFrog Investments, driving growth, impact, and efficiency projects in portfolio companies across Asia and Africa. Niclas is also the Chairman of the Board at Outsized.

Anurag Bhalla

Southeast Asia

Co-founder CSO

Anurag is the Co-founder & Chief Sales Officer at Outsized. Prior to cofounding Outsized he worked at Market Gravity (now Deloitte Digital) with a focus on innovation, proposition design. He also … worked at Monitor Deloitte, leading projects related to venture building and proposition design. In his earlier career Anurag was Director of Innovation, Emerging Markets, at global insurer Legal & General, leading the development and go-to-market strategies of innovative propositions across Asian and African markets. At Outsized he first built the India business, before moving to Singapore to lead the APAC region.

Azeem Zainulbhai

Global

Co-founder CPO

Azeem is the Co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Outsized. He has deep experience in building marketplaces and platforms in areas such as talent, B2B ecommerce, real-estate, and restaurant bookings. Previous … companies worked for include Housing.com, ShopX, and Restaurant Week. Azeem started his career in investment banking (Bank of America, Merrill Lynch), and Private Equity (New Silk Route). At Outsized he leads our global Product & Engineering teams.

Vikram Malhotra

MENA

Director

Vikram is the Managing Director for the Middle East at Outsized. Based in Bahrain, he brings more than 20 years of experience in banking and financial management. He has overseen investment … teams across the UK, Middle East, and Singapore; and has developed and managed a strong network of prominent family offices, UHNW clients, and financial institutions in the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. Having started his career with Xerox, Vikram held key senior management positions with Citibank before joining Outsized.

Amneet Kaur Sahdra

India

Director

Amneet is the Director of Outsized India, leading the sales and operations teams. Amneet comes from an HR background, having led talent acquisition, training & development, and performance management in roles … in India and Australia. Most recently before joining Outsized, Amneet was Deputy Manager HR at Skechers.

Sara Kahlau

Australia

Director

Sara is the Managing Director for ANZ at Outsized. She has a background in strategy consulting with Booz & Co, where she specialised in growth strategies, operating model design, cost optimisation, … and digital transformations. She then transitioned to industry roles as a Transformation Lead, Innovation Executive, and Chief Customer Officer (CCO) before moving into the independent talent sector. There, she built and scaled the Innovation and Experience consulting practice globally for Toptal, where she worked with Fortune500 and Global2000 companies to leverage flexible talent to get important work done. She is now launching Outsized in Australia and New Zealand.

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